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References for Further Reading:

Dimmock, G.M., 1964, Report to accompany Beaconsfield Soil Survey.  Unpublished

Private Communication.

Dimmock, G.M., 1965, Soil Association Map, Beaconsfield Municipality, Tasmania.

Unpublished.  Scale 1:100 000.

Kershaw, R., 1970's, pers. comm.  Draft Reconnaissance soil map of Tamar and part Pipers

maps.  Unpublished.  Scale 1:100 000.

Nicolls, K.D., 1957, A reconnaissance of the soils around George Town, Tasmania.

CSIRO Div. of Soils, Tech. Memo 3/57.

Nicolls, K.D., 1959, Reconnaissance soil map of Tasmania.  Sheet 46, Quamby.  Div.

Report, Div. Soils CSIRO, Aust. 9/58.

Nicolls, K.D., 1961, Soil Formation on Dolerite in Tasmania.  Dolerite - A Symposium.

University of Tasmania, Geology Department, Hobart.

Pickering, J.G., 1966, X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of the clay fraction of several soils from

Beaconsfield, Tasmania.  CSIRO Div. of Soils, Tech. Memo 17/66.

Pinkard, G.J., 1980, Land Systems Survey of Tasmania, Region 4. Tasmanian Department

of Agriculture, Hobart.

Stephens, C.G., 1937, The Basaltic Soils of Northern Tasmania.  CSIRO Bull. No. 108.

Stephens, C.G., 1941, The Soils of Tasmania.  CSIRO Bull. No. 139.

Stephens, C.G., (undated), A Soil Survey of Part of the Parish of Lewis, County of Dorset,

Tasmania.  CSIRO Divisonal Report.  Unpublished.

Stephens, C.G. & Cane, R.F., 1937, The Soils and General Ecology of the North-East

Coastal Regions of Tasmania.  Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. (1937-38):201-205.

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Association

Dominant Soils

Soil Profile

Landscape Features

Parent Materials

ASBESTOS

(A)

Lithosols and yellow

podzolic soils with some red

podzolic soils.

Shallow dark grey sandy loam; over mottled

brownish grey and light brownish grey silt

loam; over mottled sandy clay loam or clay

Rugged, steep and rocky

slopes

Precambrian and lower

Palaeozoic sediments

(quartzites, phyllites,

conglomerates)

BEACONSFIELD

(B)

Podzols

Dark grey loamy sand; over light grey or white

loose sandy gravel; over white gravelly sand

Undulating surface ranging in

elevation from 450' in SW to

100' in NE. Much white

angular quartz gravel on

surface

Late - Tertiary (marine?)

quartz - gravels and sand

CRAYTHORNE

(C)

Krasnozems

Dark reddish brown clay loam; over dark red

clay' over red to mottled red, yellowish red,

yellowish brown and white friable clay

Rolling plateau top

Tertiary basalt

DALRYMPLE

(D)

Podzols and Groundwater

podzols

Dark grey sand; over greyish brown to light

brownish grey sand; over mottled dark grey to

yellowish brown and light grey loose to

strongly cemented sand

Gently undulating coastal

sand plain, ranging in

elevation from 30' to 100' or

more

Pleistocene littoral sands

EASTFIELD

(E)

(E-k)

Grey-brown podzoloc soils

As above with small areas of

krasnozems

Grey fine sandy loam or silt loam; over light

grey fine sandy loam; over dark to very dark

yellowish brown clay

Rugged hilly with frequent

rock outcrops

Rugged hilly with frequent

rock outcrops

Jurassic dolerite

Jurassic dolerite

ECCLESTONE

(Ec)

Lateritic krasnozems,

lateritic podzolic soils, grey-

brown podzolic soils

Dark brown clay loam; over reddish brown light

clay; over red to mottled red, yellowish brown

and white clay

Rolling to hilly, with some

rock outcrops

Laterized Jurassic dolerite,

Tertiary ferruginous

sediments, Jurassic dolerite

FLOWERY

GULLY

(FG)

Terra rossas and other soils

Dark brown silty clay loam to light clay; over

dark brown to reddish brown silty clay; over

yellowish red clay

Steep slopes with subdued

rock outcrops; some sinkholes

Ordovician limestone

Table 7:

Soil; Associations, Beaconsfield Municipality.

(Source: Dimmock, G. M., 1964, Report to accompany Beaconsfield Soil Survey, Unpublished Private Communication.)

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Association

Dominant Soils

Soil Profile

Landscape Features

Parent Materials

HOLWELL

(H)

Podzolic and yellow

podzolic soils

Dark greyish brown loam or fine sandy loam;

over dark greyish brown light clay; over dark

brown blocky clay

Steep slopes; elevation

between about 500' and 1400'

Permian mudstones and

siltstones

KELSO

(K)

Calcareous coastal sands

Dark greyish brown sand; over dark greyish

brown to yellowish brown sand; over brown to

yellowish brown calcareous sand

Stabilised dunes and beach

ridges

Recent calcareous sands

LEGANA

(L)

Yellow podzolic soils,

lateritic podzolic soils,

podzols

Dark grey to dark greyish brown fine sandy

loam or sandy loam; over fine sandy loam to

sand; over yellowish brown clay

Easy rolling to rolling. Some

dissected terraces

Tertiary sands, clays and

gravels

NORTON

(N)

Yellow podzolic soils

Dark grey silt loam; over mottled light brownish

grey and light yellowish brown silty clay loams;

over light yellowish brown silty clay loam

Easy rolling to rolling

Cambrian  and  Ordovician

sediments (slates,

sandstones and siltstones)

ROBIGANA

(Rb)

Podzols, black clays, saline

soils, shallow, brown soils

Sand, over thin sandy organic; over mottled

sandy clay to sandy clay loam

Marine benches at 10-15', 30'

and 40-50' above present SL;

some superimposed low sand

dunes in places

Pleistocene and ? Recent

marine sediments - sand

and gravelly clays

ROSEVEARS

(Rv)

Mixed yellow podzolic soils,

krasnozems and shallow

brown soils

Brownish yellow sandy loam; over bleached

sandy clay; over brown or dark reddish brown

stiff clay

Rolling to hilly; frequent

slump benches; some steep

rocky scarps

Mixed Tertiary clays and

basalt

ROWELLA

(R)

Shallow brown soils with

small areas of podzols and

yellow podzolic soils

Dark brown fine sandy loam; over dark brown

to yellowish red clay loam; over dark yellowish

red clay

Easy rolling to rolling low

plateaux; steep slopes near

plateaux edges

Tertiary basalt with some

overlying Tertiary sandy

and clayey sediments

Key to soil associations (cont)

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